Top positive review

I am not a morning person, and usually can't wake up while it's still dark. I can sleep through any alarm tone no matter how loud or harsh. I also suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder which only makes me more likely to sleep the day away, especially in winter.

I have had this alarm for a little over a month at this point, and have not slept through it once. It allows me to wake up naturally and stress free. I only use the sunrise function, but there is an alarm tone as well. I was worried about whether it would be worth paying for an expensive alarm like this, but it was definitely worth the money.

Top critical review

I have decided to send this item back for a refund as I’ve been left feeling really disappointed. I had hoped it would transform my mornings, but the only difference is that when the dreadful alarm sound wakes me, I open my eyes to a lighter room than I normally would. I have learnt that I don’t react to light when sleeping, so there is no “gentle wake up” for me. What you get in the package is very basic for the price you pay, and the user interface is clunky and difficult to understand. I am fairly technology savvy, and I keep having to refer back to the booklet. The lamp also gets extremely hot to touch and it gives off quite a lot of heat.

The sunset feature is quite nice, but the light dims too fast and it doesn’t feel like a nice, gradual effect. There is only one choice of alarm sound with this model, and it’s a dreadful one that jolts me awake. For the same price or cheaper, I could buy a smart bulb to put in my bedside lamp and set it to dim/brighten in the same way the Lumie does. I would not recommend this product to family or friends.

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I have decided to send this item back for a refund as I’ve been left feeling really disappointed. I had hoped it would transform my mornings, but the only difference is that when the dreadful alarm sound wakes me, I open my eyes to a lighter room than I normally would. I have learnt that I don’t react to light when sleeping, so there is no “gentle wake up” for me. What you get in the package is very basic for the price you pay, and the user interface is clunky and difficult to understand. I am fairly technology savvy, and I keep having to refer back to the booklet. The lamp also gets extremely hot to touch and it gives off quite a lot of heat.

The sunset feature is quite nice, but the light dims too fast and it doesn’t feel like a nice, gradual effect. There is only one choice of alarm sound with this model, and it’s a dreadful one that jolts me awake. For the same price or cheaper, I could buy a smart bulb to put in my bedside lamp and set it to dim/brighten in the same way the Lumie does. I would not recommend this product to family or friends.

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I've had this for a couple of weeks now and I'm still not sure whether I like it or not. Although it looks good on the bedside, for £50 I would have expected a better build quality; it feels rather cheap plastic with clicky buttons. The instructions are ok, but it is quite complicated and fiddly to set the alarm time, and I'm never quite sure if I'm just going to get the sunrise effect or the sound alarm as well. I think I'm using it correctly but the sunset effect kicks in when I'm using is as a bedside lamp for reading at night so it gradually dims and needs to be brightened, and I find the whole display on/off, bright/dim slightly haphazard. The sound alarm is definitely effective; it actually made me sit bolt upright in bed when it went off - hence my keenness in future just to have sunrise ... I think the sunrise wakes me but it's so gentle that I'm not really sure! The real test will come when I'm back at work and have to get up much earlier than I have been doing for the past fortnight. However, it seems to work and I decided to keep it; if you choose to buy it just be prepared to spend possibly more time than I have setting it up!

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I am not a morning person, and usually can't wake up while it's still dark. I can sleep through any alarm tone no matter how loud or harsh. I also suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder which only makes me more likely to sleep the day away, especially in winter.

I have had this alarm for a little over a month at this point, and have not slept through it once. It allows me to wake up naturally and stress free. I only use the sunrise function, but there is an alarm tone as well. I was worried about whether it would be worth paying for an expensive alarm like this, but it was definitely worth the money.

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This is a fantastic light for anyone who suffers from SAD.It is an essential piece of kit for me and when my old one broke I was concerned I couldn't buy an identical replacement. This is much better with the display and functions. The buttons are much nicer to use and the display dims about 10 minutes into the sunset function so it isn't ridiculously bright over night.

A worthwhile investment for anyone who struggles to get through the winter mornings in the UK!

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Does what it’s supposed to, and the wake up light does help you to be less groggy, but there are many things I don’t like about this product too.

The build quality is awful, this is one of the cheapest feeling products I’ve handled recently. The menu system is tiresome and requires lots of clicks of the cheap wobbly buttons, and the clock stops ticking whenever you’re in the menu, so that you end up losing 2-3 minutes over the course of each week.

The wake up sound is also probably the most shrill and piercing noise I have ever heard. Not pleasant to wake up to!

Overall this product achieves its intended purpose but the user experience is not pleasant.

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In the summer I am great at getting up but I started to notice that during the darker mornings, not only was I struggling to wake up but my mood was really low throughout the day. I bought this clock/light about a week ago after doing a little research and I cannot tell you enough how much it has helped me!! It doesn't necessarily wake me up (I still have an alarm) but when my alarm goes off I find it so much easier to feel awake!I will just say that the light does get quite warm so I wouldn't really put it in a child's room within reach!

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I don't normally write reviews but I felt I needed to with the Lumi body clock light!

I do shift work and often in the winter am waking up in the pitch black. I've had the Lumi light for a couple of weeks and started to use it as the mornings are getting darker. It is absolutely brilliant! It gradually wakes you up (like the natural sunrise would) so it isn't so harsh being brought out of a sudden deep sleep, I feel more refreshed and it is so much easier to get up in the mornings! It helps my eyes adjust also from light to dark. I'm so pleased with this and would highly recommend it to shift workers or anyone that gets up early in the dark!

It took me a few reads of the manual to understand how to use it and now it's easy peasy! I haven't used the sound alarm on it yet, I've continued to use my phone alarm as a backup (but I have been waking up around 5 minutes before my phone alarm anyway because of Lumi!)

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I was quite disappointed when I got this because it's simply a light with a plastic case around it. I gave it a try and the warm glow does wake me up in a gentle way without that awful sense of being jolted into being awake. There is an alarm but avoid at all costs as it's the most irritating high pitched siren like sound I've ever experienced. Not the best way to wake up in the morning but good if you sleep through alarms. I use a user friendly alarm in combination with the lamp.

I found it easy to work out how to set it but it is definitely not a one or two button operation. If you're tired it is a bit irritating to have to press several buttons to set it. I believe you can set the light to come on at night too but I couldn't be bothered to work it out. I use the light as a general lamp at night by pressing the + button to make the room brighter before I fall asleep. Since I bought the clock grey days seem more comfortable to deal with and if I had to judge by results; the clock works.

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It took a little while to get used to this, but now I find waking much easier. I still use the alarm, and other alarms, but waking up[ in a fully lit room makes it feel like you should be getting up. Although I still use several alarms, as I am a very deep sleeper, I am often turning them off, before the time they are set for, as my body clock feels like it is getting used to a new way of sleeping. Also the Sunset mode helps me drift off much better. Less tossing and turning and I can't remember the last time I didn't get any sleep and that used to be 2-3 times a week.

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The clock has had a great effect on my ability to get up in the mornings, and using the dim-down function at night is also handy. The reason I have not given five stars is that it does seem to lose time, a few minutes every now and then so that I have to reset the time. Very odd considering it is mains operated.